Magazine display and dispensing rack for rolled goods



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INVENTORS March 25, 1952 R. c. DE'NT ET AL 2,590,384

MAGAZINE DISPLAY AND DISPENSING RACK FOR ROLLED GOODS Filed Nov. 2, 1948 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 //6 1' I I Fly. /2. I {M9 Patented Mar. 25, 1952 MAGAZINE DISPLAY AND DISPENSING RACK FOR ROLLED GOODS Robertv C. Dent, David P. Pike, and Paul V.: Pike,

Caruthersville; Mo.; said Dent assignor of onethird, said David P. Pike one-twelfth, and said Paul V. Pike. one-twelfth to Myrtle D. Dent,

C'aruthersville, Mo.

Application November 2, 1948, Serial No. 57,862

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a magazine display and dispensing rack forrolled goods, and more particularly to the type of rack in whicha plurality of rolls of goods aresupported, such as that disclosed in U.. S.. Patentv No. 919,725 issued to J. Huflman April 21,, 1909; and the rack disclosed in U. S; Patent No.. 1,009,827 issued to J. D Chambers November 28., 1911.

The primary object of the invention is to facilitate the-handling. of rolls or rug material such as linoleum, and to enable the material to be advantageously displayed so that a. pattern may be easily selected by. a customer.

Another object is to facilitate the. dispensing of a length of the rolled material displayed. in the rack, and to enable the vendor easily and quickly to measure from. the supply roll the desired lengthof material, and sever. itfrom the supply roll. by employing a. circular knife substantially in the type disclosed in U- S. Patent No.. 1,589,207 issued June..1--, 1926 to. J. E'. Miller.

A further object of the invention is-to roll the severed length. of. material so that it may I each tuberhavinga goods receiving slot extendin longitudinally thereinto from one end, and means to rotate said tubeslin unison about the axis along which they move longitudinally.

Other features: include a clamp within each tubeadjaeent the slot therein to clamp the goods against the tube and securelyhold it during therolling operation and means torotate the tubes inun-iso-n about the axis along which they move longitudinally;

Still other features include a receiving. trough earriedby the rack. adjacent each winding.- tube toreceive-the goods rolledon the tubes after the tubes have been withdrawn from. the interior .of the rolled goodsi In thedrawings:v

Figure *1 isa= -top plan; view of magazmei display" and dispensing rack forrolled goods em bodying -the'featuressofthisinvention Figure 2 isiar. Thoma-viewin- "elevation ofthe rackillustrated in- Figure 1,;-

longitudinally spaced wheels ((31. are-55.4)

Figure 3 is an end view of the rack illustrated in.- Figure 1,.

Figure 4 is an enlargedti'ansverse sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a. perspective view of one of the roll. supporting and display cradles,

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary front view partially in section illustrating in detail the construction of one of the goods rolling tubes,

Figure? is a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale taken substantially along the line 7-4 of Figure 6',

Figure 8 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially along the-line 8-8 of Figure 7,,

Figure 9 is. a perspective view of one of the rolling tubes,

Figure 10 is a fragmentary top plan view of a portion of the rack illustrating in detail the rotary cutting knife,

' Figure: 11 is. a fragmentary elevational view of the knife illustrated in Figure 1.0, and

Figure 12 is a vertical sectional view through a modified form of the; invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail this. improved rack comprises a pair of spaced parallel end frames each designated generally II], and each having. diagonal crossbars l2 which are provided at their intersections with openings to receive an elongated shaft [4. The topand bottom corners of the end-frames"! of. the rack are joined by parallel corner bars l6 which. lie parallel to the shaft I4, and cooperate with the end frames (0 in forming a supporting rack for I6 which are. mounted for rotation; on'the shaft l4. adjacent. each end. frame I0. One end of the shaft. l4 projects through .the' crossbars l2 and has fixed thereto a drive sprocket [8 which hasdriving connection with the drive sprocket 20 of a speed reduction gearing housed within the conventional housing 22, through the medium of a drive chain.

24. A suitable drive motor 26- preferably of the reversible typ'e'has driving connection with the gearing housed in the housing 22, so that when the motor is operated, thewheels l6. may be rotated. in. unison with the shaft [4. Mounted in suitable brackets 28 which arev fixed to the upper rear corner of eachend frame Illv isa guide roller 30,. andfixed to the top cross bars ofthe frame and extending transversely thereof to a commonplanebeyond the-front end of the frame are angleubarsjtthe forward ends of which. are joined. by. a longitudinally extending bar 34 forming. the upper front corner of an overhanging frame designated generally 38. Suitable brackets 38 are fixed adjacent opposite ends of the bar 34 and rotatably supported on said brackets is a guide roller 40 which cooperates with the roller 30 in guiding a length of goods L from a supply roll R across the top of the rack.

Mounted in suitable bearings 42 carried at peripherally spaced points by the wheels IB are cradles designated generally 44 (Figure each of which comprises a pair of parallel side bars 46 which are connected at opposite ends adjacent opposite corners of segmental frames, each of which is provided at an intermediate corner with a trunnion 50 which is received in a bearing 42 so that as the wheels rotate, the cradles 44 will revolve about the axes of the trunnions, and remain at all times suspended from the wheel. Extending transversely at spaced intervals between the longitudinal bars 46 of each cradle 44 are cross bars 52 which are arcuate in shape to correspond to the bottom bars of the segmental frames 48, and journaled in the bars 52 and the bottom bars of the planes 48 are supporting rollers 54 upon which the supply rolls R of the rolled goods are supported. Extending upwardly from the rear corner of each frame I0 adjacent the guide roller 30 is a bracket 56, and supported by the brackets 56 in parallel spaced relation above the roller 30 are spaced parallel track rails 58 on which a carriage 60 is mounted to slide longitudinally in parallel relation to the roller. A suitable shaft 62 extends laterally from the carriage 60 in the direction of the roller 30 and mounted for rotation on the shaft 82 is a cutting wheel 64 which moves lon itudinally across the top of the bar I 8 adjacent the roller 30 so that its cuttin edge will engage the len th L of goods extending across the top of the rack. and sever it from the supply of goods in the roll R. as the carria e 80 is moved lon itudinally of the track rails 58 manually by a suitable handle 66.

Mounted in the overhanging frame 38 at the forward end of the rack about an axis which lies parallel with the axis of the shaft I4 is a drive shaft B8'to which is fixed adjacent each end a spur gear I0, and fixed to one end of the drive shaft 88 is a hand crank I2, by which the shaft may be rotated. Carried by the frame 36 adjacent e ch end thereof and below the shaft 68 are suitable bear ng sleeves I4, and pivotally supported in a suitable bracket I6 adjacent the outer end of each bear ng sleeve I4 is a latch arm I8 carryin a hook 80 which overhangs the end of its respective bearing sleeve and is urged toward the axis thereof under the influence of a suitable spring 82. Mounted for rotation in each bearing sleeve, and for longitudinal sliding movement therein is a winding tube 84 to one end of which is keyed or otherwise secured as at 88 a drive pinion 88. The hub 90 of the drive pinion 88 is provided with an'annular groove 92 in which the hook 80 is received when the tube is pushed inwardly toward the center of the machine, and the pinion 88 is in mesh with the drive pinion I0, as will be readily understood upon reference to Figure 6. It will thus be seen that when the hand crank I2 is rotated, and the pinions 88 are in mesh with the pinions 10, the tubes I4 will be rotated in unison. Entering the end of each tube 84 remote from its respective drive pinion 88 is an incision 94, the inner end of which joins a relatively short transversely extending incision 96, and the portion'of the tube 84 between the incisions 94 and 96 is bent inwardly as at 98 to 4 form a slot in the tube in which the goods to be wound is received.

Fixed within each tube adjacent the slot there in is a bearing bracket I00 having an opening I02 therein which aligns with an opening I04 formed in a bearing bracket I06 which is fixed within the tube 84 adjacent the end carrying the pinion 88 and mounted to rock in the openings I02 and I04 is a rock shaft I08. A clamping cam H0 is fixed to the shaft I08 adjacent the slot in the tube 84 for bearing on the goods to be wound and clamping it against the wall of the tube and fixed to the end of the shaft adjacent the bearing bracket I08 is a hand lever II2 by which the shaft I08 may be rocked to move the clamp cam IIO into and out of goods clamping position.

Suspended from the frame 36 adjacent each bearing sleeve I4 and curving forwardly beneath each tube 84 is a receiving trough I I4 into which the wound length L of the goods is received when the winding tubes 84 are shifted longitudinally in their bearing sleeves I4 to withdraw them from a length of wound oods.

In operation rolls'R of rolled material to be dispensed and displayed, are placed in the cradles 44 carried by the wheels IS. The customer then selects from the rolled material a pattern which he desires to purchase, and the vender sets the motor 28 into operation to cause the wheels I8 to rotate about the shaft I4, until the selected roll of material is moved to a position substan-; tially as shown in Figure 4. With the carriage moved fully to one side or the other of the rack, as suggested in Figure l, the material to be dispensed is led upwardly over the roll 30 and be neath the track rails 58 across the top of the machine and down over the guide roll 40 to a position such as will enable the lowermost corners of the material to be entered into the slots formed in the winding tubes 84 by themcisions 94 and 98. The hand lever H2 is their manipulated to move the eccentric clamp H0 about the axis of the shaft I08, to cause the pe-' riphery thereof to clamp the material against the inner side of its respective tube. Having clamped both corners of the material in the tubes 84, the hand crank 12 is rotated to drive the shaft 08 and cause the gears 88 carried by the tubes I4 to rotate and wind off of the roll R the desired amount of material. The carriage 80 is then. moved across the machine along the track rails 58 to cause the cutter blade 64 to sever the measured length of material from the supply roll R. The hand crank I2 is again rotated, to wind the balance of the material which has been severed from the supply roll R into a compact bundle. The bundle may then be tied in rolled form by passing twine therearound at spaced points between the opposed ends of the winding tubes 84. Having wound and tied the measured length of material, the latches I8 are moved against the effort of the springs 82 to disengage the hooks 80 from the Walls of the annular grooves 92 in the hubs of the pinion 88, so that the winding tubes 84 may be shifted longitudinally within the supporting sleeve I4 to withdraw the opposed ends of thetubes from their positions within the rolled material. Upon extracting the tubes 84 from their respective ends of the rolled length of material, it will drop into the material receiving troughs II4 from which it is removed for delivery. After having removed the material from the troughs, the winding tubes 84 are restored to their initialpositions, with the pinions 88, meshing with the drive ipinions 10,'and

the hooked ends 88 of the latches I8 again entering the grooves 92 in the hubs 88 of the pinions 88 ready for a repeat operation.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figure 12 a frame designated generally II8 supports two vertically spaced horizontally extending shafts II8 on which are mounted for rotation adjacent opposite ends sprocket wheels I28. There is a pair of sprocket wheels adjacent each end of the frame I I8, and trained over each pair of sprocket wheels is an endless chain I22 upon which are supported at spaced points cradles I24 corresponding in all respects to the cradles 44 previously described. The sprocket wheels I28 may be driven in any convenient manner as by an electric motor (not shown), and latched as at I26 to opposite ends of the frame H8 is a measuring frame designated generally I28. A suitable measuring gauge I30 of conventional form is mounted on the frame I28 through which the material from a supply roll R mounted in one of the cradles I24 is passed as it is led across the top of the frame I28. Supported in any suitable manner at opposite ends of the frame I28, and extending longitudinally thereabove are spaced parallel track rails I32 ,upon which a suitable carriage I 34 is mounted to slide. This carriage corresponds in all respects to the carriage 68 previously described, and supports a conventional cutting disk I38, the cutting edge of which rides along the upper forward cross bar I38 of the frame I28. Mounted for longitudinal sliding movement in a supporting sleeve I48 adjacent each end of the frame I28 immediately below the bar I38 is a winding tube I 42 which corresponds in all respects to the winding tubes 84 previously described, and these winding tubes are each provided with a drive gear I44 which is adapted to mesh with a drive pinion I46 mounted adjacent an end of a transversely extending shaft I48 which corresponds in all respects to the shaft 68 previously mentioned.

In the operation of the modified form of the device rolls R of the material to be dispensed are mounted in the cradles I24 and when material is to be severed from a selected roll B, it is led from the roll over the top of the frame I28 and through the measuring device I38, with its forward edge turning downwardly over the forward edge of the bar I38. The corners of the piece are introduced into the winding tubes I42 in the same manner as the material is entered into the winding tubes 84, and upon rotating the shaft I48 the material is wound on the tubes. When the desired amount of material has been wound from the supply roll R, the carriage I34 is moved across the frame I28 and along the bar I38 to sever the measured length of material from the supply roll. After winding the material and tying it as previously explained the winding tubes I42 are shifted longitudinally in respective sleeves I48, and the wound and tied length of material is dropped into the receiving troughs I50 which are supported on the frame I28 immediately below the winding tubes I42.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a magizine display'and dispensing rack of the type in which a plurality of rolls of goods are supported, dispensing means for rolling a predetermined length of goods selected from the goods on the rack comprising a pair of winding tubes mounted adjacent opposite ends of the rack to move longitudinally along an axis which lie-s parellel to the axis of a roll of goods in the rack into operative and inoperative positions, each tube having a goods receiving slot extending longitudinally thereinto from one end, and means to rotate said tubes in unison about the axis along which they move longitudinally when said tubes are in operative positions.

2. In a magazine display and dispensing rack of the type in which a plurality of rolls of goods are supported, dispensing means for rolling a predetermined length of goods selected from the goods on the rack comprising a pair of winding tubes mounted adjacent opposite ends of the rack to move longitudinally along an axis which lies parallel to the axis of a roll of goods in the rack into operative and inoperatiye positions, each tube having a goods receiving slot extending longitudinally thereinto from one end, a shaft mounted adjacent the tubes to rotate about an axis which lies parallel to the tubes, a drive gear on each end of the shaft, a drive pinion on each tube meshing with an adjacent drive gear and means to rotate the shaft.

3. In a magazine display and dispensing rack of the type in which a plurality of rolls of goods are supported, dispensing means for rolling a predetermined length of goods selected from the goods on the rack comprising a pair of winding tubes mounted adjacent opposite ends of the rack to move longitudinally along an axis which lies parallel to the axis of a roll of goods in the rack into operative and inoperative positions, each tube having a goods receiving slot extending longitudinally thereinto from one end, means to rotate said tubes in unison about the axis along which they move longitudinally when said tubes are in operative positions, guide rollers mounted on the rack to rotate about axes which lie parallel to the axis about which the tubes rotate and positioned on the longitudinal upper edges of the rack to guide the goods from the side of the rack remote from said tubes, across the top of said rack prior to engagement with said tubes.

ROBERT C. DENT. DAVID P. PIKE. PAUL V. PIKE.

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